Amiens Population and Area (Somme)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Amiens (Somme)
Amiens: Population and Area
With 139,183 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Amiens is the 28th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Somme department, out of 771 communes. It covers 49 km² (1,211th largest area in France, 3rd largest in the department), with a population density of 2,814 inhabitants per km², or 26 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 319th in France for density.
Amiens is located in the Somme department (80), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Picardie), where it ranks 2nd by population out of 3,782 communes. It is the most populous town in the Somme department, which is home to 575,371 people over 6,170 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Somme department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Somme department: Abbeville (pop. 22,793), Albert (pop. 9,668), Péronne (pop. 7,265).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 80021. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.
Amiens, a major city of Hauts-de-France
Prefecture of the Somme and historic capital of Picardy, Amiens is the second-largest city in Hauts-de-France after Lille. It grew around the Somme River, its canals and one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world, then with textiles and, in the 20th century, the tire and household appliance industries.
A central city in a rural department
In a department of small towns, Amiens alone accounts for a large share of the Somme's population and jobs, which gives it exceptional weight as a central city. Its territory includes the hortillonnages, floating gardens spread over several hundred hectares, which lowers its density compared with cities of similar size. An hour from Paris, Lille and the sea, with a university and a teaching hospital (CHU), the city keeps a stable population, sustained by students and public administration.